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The Golden Rule
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The Golden Rule as in:  the moral principle

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  • For Blomkvist the golden rule of journalism was that there were always people who were responsible.†  (source)
  • They concentrated on buoyancy control and surface swimming for the first few days, made us stretch our bodies, made us longer in the water, timing us, stressing the golden rule for all young SEALs-you must be good in the water, no matter what.†  (source)
  • But there was more to consider than the Golden Rule: there was the small matter of liking Lindsey.†  (source)
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  • I taught my children the Golden Rule.†  (source)
  • The enemy of my enemy is my friend—isn't that the golden rule in your charming little neighborhood?†  (source)
  • In the cases of Mehlinger, Perrin, and Scipio, their embrace of their new communities was certainly informed to some degree by morality—a feeling of obligation to live by the Golden Rule.†  (source)
  • The root of equality, Adams said, was the Golden Rule—"Love your neighbor as yourself."†  (source)
  • I subscribed to Marx's basic dictum, which has the simplicity and generosity of the Golden Rule: "From each according to his ability; to each according to his needs.†  (source)
  • I would be satisfied to have the Golden Rule be the only law; I see no need for any other, nor for any method of enforcing it.†  (source)
  • Many offer testimony to such principles as the Golden Rule, living in the moment, the importance of love and giving.†  (source)
  • Natasha did not follow the golden rule advocated by clever folk, especially by the French, which says that a girl should not let herself go when she marries, should not neglect her accomplishments, should be even more careful of her appearance than when she was unmarried, and should fascinate her husband as much as she did before he became her husband.†  (source)
  • "Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us," observed Mr. Grant, "is the language used by our Divine Master himself, and it should be the golden rule with us, his humble followers."†  (source)
  • You could say that the golden rule says the same thing as Kant's universal law of morals.†  (source)
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